One of the old favourites – Proportion is often something that many students struggle with. It sits in the ‘sweet spot’ of level 4 / 5, and so in order to get those all-important marks at that level, it is one of the topics
The term fraction comes from the Latin word ‘frangere’ to break and was first used to represent a broken number. As early as 1800 BC the Egyptians were using fractions in their scriptures. I often stated that multiplying fractions together is one of
A Master class in Probability Work – a beautiful way in towards understanding from Saturday morning workshop adventure The fascinating topic of probability is more relent now than ever. We take probability choices every day of our lives and make critical decisions to enhance
Standard Form – What is it? Standard Form is a way to write really large or really small numbers. It is a way to write these numbers in a format that everyone agrees to. What’s in a name? Although the idea is to
Integration and differentiation are a huge part of A Level maths. A quick count of the marks in a recent (November 2020) A Level paper showed that 99 out of the 200 marks came from them. That’s nearly 50% of all the marks. Now
Algebra may be seen as a universal language that is found all over the globe and is applied in a myriad of different contexts. Perhaps the reason algebra may seem so challenging for so many is that the letters used need to be placed
Maths and English are most important Maths and English are in my view the most important subjects to do well in at school. There are many reasons for this but mainly because you will be barred from entry to University unless you have at
Quadratic Equations It has been my experience that students overcomplicate the topic of quadratic equations. There are a number of different ways to solve quadratic equations in addition to factorising, such as: the ‘difference of two squares’ (Level 6); the quadratic formula (Level 7),
LOCKDOWN LEARNING 2021 has arrived and with it the return of lockdown learning and home-schooling. Whilst that has resulted in an enormous amount of juggling for parents (especially if you are working from home yourself) and teaching staff, it’s your teenager who’ll be feeling
Why these books? I have been a tutor of A-level English for more than 13 years. During this time, I have helped many young people understand and interpret the books on the syllabus, or those chosen for their coursework. I’ve put together the best
I wrote this blog post earlier in the school year, when I had a nasty feeling that whatever was being said publicly, the 2021 exams were not secure. Like many of us, in the uncertain world of the pandemic, it seemed far from certain
So here we are again in the UK. We didn’t want to be back here with our schools and colleges closed, but sadly that is the reality. I wrote this blog post when we had the first full lockdown in March 2020, and I
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